Railway Safety Levy

DETERMINATIONS

in respect of the financial year beginning on 1 April 2012

The Office of Rail Regulation, in the exercise of powers conferred on it by regulation 3 of the Railway Safety Levy Regulations 2006 (“the Regulations”), makes the following determinations in respect of the financial year beginning on 1 April 2012:

Total amount of the railway safety levy

1. The total amount of the railway safety levy imposed in respect of the financial year beginning on 1 April 2012 is determined as £16.0 million.

Apportionment of railway safety levy between railway service providers in respect of the financial year beginning on 1 April 2012

2. Railway service providers whose relevant turnover for the financial year beginning on 1 April 2011 is less than £1,000,000 have no liability to pay railway safety levy.

3. Railway service providers whose relevant turnover for the financial year beginning on 1 April 2011 is £1,000,000 or more, but less than £5,000,000 (category A service providers) are liable to pay railway safety levy of £1,000.

4. Railway service providers whose relevant turnover for the financial year beginning on 1 April 2011 is £5,000,000 or more but less than £10,000,000 (category B service providers) are liable to pay railway safety levy of £5,000.

5. Railway service providers whose relevant turnover for the financial year beginning on 1 April 2011 is £10,000,000 or more (category C service providers) are liable to pay the amount of railway safety determined in accordance with the following formula:

[ W = \\frac{(Y - U - V) \\times X}{Z} ]

Where:

- ( U ) is the total amount of the railway safety levy payable by all Category A railway service providers for the financial year beginning on 1 April 2012, being £10,000; V is the total amount of the railway safety levy payable by all category B railway service providers for the financial year beginning on 1 April 2012, being £15,000

W is the amount of railway safety levy payable by the relevant Category C railway service provider;

X is the relevant turnover of the relevant Category C railway service provider for the financial year beginning on 1 April 2011;

Y is the total amount of the railway safety levy determined in paragraph 1; and

Z is the total relevant turnover of all the Category C railway service providers for the financial year beginning on 1 April 2011, being £18,503,414,032

Date of Payment

6. Each railway service provider shall pay the Office of Rail Regulation the amount of railway safety levy for which they are liable within 30 days of the date of the invoice requiring such payment.

Interpretation

7. Words used in these determinations have the same meaning as in the Regulations.

Brian Warrener Deputy Director of Corporate Services on behalf of the Office of Rail Regulation.

Date: 24 August 2012